Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.
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| Charles Chaplin | ... | Pawnbroker's assistant | |
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Henry Bergman | ... | Pawnbroker |
| Edna Purviance | ... | His daughter | |
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John Rand | ... | Other assistant |
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Albert Austin | ... | Client with clock |
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Eric Campbell | ... | Crook |
| James T. Kelley | ... | Old bum (as James T Kelley) | |
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Frank J. Coleman | ... | Policeman |
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Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.
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kicked in the butt | slapstick comedy | shop assistant | hit in the face | hit in the head |Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
2 October 1916 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
At the Sign of the Dollar See more »Company Credits
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I saw this with a friend at a screening with a live ragtime orchestra (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra?). It was excellent. A good print and good music (not always easy to find in silent movie reissues). Both of us probably never laughed harder; I was actually worried at one point that I was going to hurt myself. While dedicated Buster Keaton fans, we were forced to admit that Chaplin was an equal, at least. Try to find a decent print and appropriate scoring. It should look good and play at normal speed, not fast, which only happens during a poor transfer of these public domain films (I think the old silents were made at 18 frames a second, and playing them on today's 24 fps speeds them up). Awesome to think that one of the earliest pioneers in film has not been surpassed--or even equaled.